Tokyo has vowed a 'calm and resolute' response as tensions with Beijing continue to escalate.

Tokyo has vowed a 'calm and resolute' response as tensions with Beijing continue to escalate.

One year into his rule Syria's leader has won over Trump and much of the West, but at home people know his weaknesses.

One year into his rule Syria's leader has won over Trump and much of the West, but at home people know his weaknesses

Donald Trump says white South Africans are being persecuted and so qualify for asylum but black farmers are also being killed.

Sir Keir Starmer will also welcome the leaders of France and Germany as Europe looks to respond to a US-led push for a peace deal.

The leak in the Egyptian department comes just weeks after a jewellery heist that put the museum's security infrastructure under scrutiny.

The leak in the Egyptian department comes just weeks after a jewellery heist that put the museum's security infrastructure under scrutiny.

In 2024, the global lifting equipment rental market experienced significant growth, driven by rising construction activities, infrastructure development, and industrial expansion across Europe, Asia, and the United States. (News On Japan)

Alfredo Díaz, 56, died in prison cell on Saturday, human rights groups say, prompting opposition outcry.

Alfredo Díaz, 56, died in prison cell on Saturday, human rights groups say, prompting opposition outcry.

Patrice Talon says the situation is "totally under control" not long after explosions were heard in Cotonou.

Texas Representative Henry Cuellar is running for re-election as a Democrat after Trump pardoned him.

The Legislative Council election is seen as a test of public sentiment following a deadly fire.

Eyewitnesses described scenes of panic in one of Goa's bustling nightlife areas.

The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.

China’s major airlines have extended the period during which Japan-bound tickets can be cancelled free of charge, with carriers announcing by today that the deadline—initially set to run through the end of this year—will now continue until March 28th 2026. (News On Japan)

The three JR companies operating the Tokaido, Sanyo, and Kyushu Shinkansen demonstrated on December 6th how they would switch train control to a secondary command center in Osaka if a major earthquake or other large-scale disaster rendered the main command facility in Tokyo unusable. (News On Japan)

A festival praying for children’s healthy growth and a bountiful harvest was held on Sunday at Kibaha Shrine in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, where the traditional “Nenneko Festival” took place as local first-grader Hamaguchi Rikka, age 7, served as the “rice-bearing shrine maiden” and walked through the grounds in a kimono with an ohitsu container holding rice, mochi, and sakaki branches balanced on her head as she joined Shinto priests in a ceremonial procession. (News On Japan)

A civic group in Usa City, Oita Prefecture that collects and analyzes wartime film archives released 18 pieces of footage to the media on December 7th, with the materials depicting kamikaze aircraft engaging U.S. forces and the devastation from air raids across Japan, much of it being shown publicly for the first time after the group obtained and examined the reels from the U.S. National Archives. (News On Japan)